Under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, this legislation should prove redundant.
Nonetheless, congressional Republicans must force their Democratic colleagues to vote on it.
According to Fox News, on Tuesday the House of Representatives will make the Laken Riley Act its first legislative priority.
On Feb. 22, 2024, Venezuelan illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra murdered 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia.
Authorities in New York City had previously arrested Ibarra. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement never detained the illegal immigrant.
Thus, the Laken Riley Act would require such detention by federal authorities. It would also allow states to sue the Department of Homeland Security over injuries to that state’s citizens caused by illegal immigrants, per Fox News.
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